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Bill Elkton, Town of; amending charter, town boundaries, council meetings. Charter; Town of Elkton; town boundaries; council meetings. Codifies various annexation agreements between the Town of Elkton and Rockingham County. The bill increases from 30 to 45 days the maximum allowable period between a vacancy in the council and the filling of the vacancy. The bill also authorizes the Chief of Police to deliver via a designee a notice of a special or emergency meeting of the council. This bill is identical to SB 597. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 846 Virginia HB 846 (2020)
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Virginia HB 846 (2020) — Elkton, Town of; amending charter, town boundaries, council meetings.

Charter; Town of Elkton; town boundaries; council meetings. Codifies various annexation agreements between the Town of Elkton and Rockingham County. The bill increases from 30 to 45 days the maximum allowable period between a vacancy in the council and the filling of the vacancy. The bill also authorizes the Chief of Police to deliver via a designee a notice of a special or emergency meeting of the council. This bill is identical to SB 597.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0135) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB846ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DHCD (HB846) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 60 (pass) · lower
  • Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Chris S. Runion — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103388D introduction
  • 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
  • 2020-01-17 Assigned CC & T sub: Charters referral-committee
  • 2020-01-18 Impact statement from DHCD (HB846)
  • 2020-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-01-31 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-04 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-05 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-06 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
  • 2020-02-17 Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-19 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-19 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-02-19 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-19 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-02-21 Enrolled
  • 2020-02-21 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-02-24 Signed by President
  • 2020-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
  • 2020-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
  • 2020-03-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 135 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2a781b4-9525-4baa-bba1-f068508e40b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).